A Bird Startled by the Mere Twang of a Bow

"What? The professor got into a fight with the Chairman of the Air Force and is hospitalized, currently in a state of mental instability, possibly already in his twilight years?"

Zhang Xuezhou's time back at the Canglan Academy was not long.

He only had time to chat with Zhang Weimeng for a few minutes, and then sent messages to Song Fengying and Zhang Manqian before receiving an urgent message from Ren Wuyang.

"The professor has never mentioned having a problem with conscious chaos before," Zhang Xuezhou responded, finding it hard to understand.

"Anyway, my dad said that if he falls into chaos in his later years, he wants you to shoot him dead," Ren Wuyang replied. "I think the time is probably about right!"

"Wait a minute, the professor isn't even sixty years old!"

"So what if he's sixty? Can't he be enjoying his old age at sixty? Ancient books even say that seventy-year-olds are extremely rare. My dad is already considered very old at sixty!"

"Don't do anything reckless!"

"It's not that I'm acting recklessly, but a lot of people from the Changkong family came, and I think what they said is very true."

Ren Wuyang's serious attitude caught Zhang Xuezhou somewhat off guard.

Given that he had such a son, Zhang Xuezhou felt that Ren Yisheng might be executed.

Do you have asbestos helmets? I need the thickest one!

Zhang Xuezhou ultimately decided to return to the Jishi Medical Center in the Academy District for a visit.

He had a strong fear of powerful beings in their twilight years, but since the other party was Ren Yisheng, he had to go and check on the situation.

If Ren Wuyang and his group were to carry out a possible 'just execution,' Zhang Xuezhou felt that Ren Yisheng would die a somewhat unjust death.

He is a pioneer in spiritual research and a top-tier master of the spiritual realm.

Zhang Xuezhou felt it was very unscientific for such a person to fall into old age before the age of sixty.

"It's impossible for the Mental Strengthening Chapter to shorten one's lifespan the more one practices it!"

If Ren Yisheng were to truly enter his twilight years, Zhang Xuezhou believes that everything currently constructed within his spiritual system would collapse.

He was absolutely certain that cultivation techniques could not lead to premature death. Human cultivators, even if they didn't live long, could easily live to seventy or eighty years old without illness or disaster.

Having ruled out the problems caused by cultivation techniques, that leaves only the Mental Strengthening Chapter.

As for the possibility related to genes, it is extremely small. The current sequence powerhouses have already achieved the ability to have their bodies still active even when they lack consciousness. It is impossible for Ren Yisheng to fail due to his body's genes.

"If the professor dies young because of his Mental Strengthening Chapter training, wouldn't we patients who follow his training die even faster?"

Just thinking about how he had reached the fifth chapter of the Mental Strengthening Chapter made Zhang Xuezhou feel terrible.

He hoped that Ren Yisheng's symptoms would be a little more normal; he didn't care what illness he had, but he absolutely couldn't let it be related to the confusion of old age.

As Zhang Xuezhou's current pillar of support, Ren Yisheng's relationship with him goes beyond mere academic assistance; there is an unbreakable bond between them.

For anyone who experiences a period of bad luck in their Ren Yisheng, this inevitably marks the beginning of their decline.

After leaving the Jishi Medical Center as if avoiding a plague, Zhang Xuezhou had no choice but to return by car.

As he approached the Jishi Medical Center, he found the once bustling area now eerily deserted, with nearly a hundred uniformed personnel armed with guns stationed at various points along the intersections to prevent anyone from entering.

It wasn't until Zhang Xuezhou called Ren Wuyang several times that he saw Ren Wuyang Zhang Xuezhou out frantically.

"Quick, quick, quick! My sister is arguing with the Chang Kong family right now, so I can get away!"

Ren Wuyang's face was flushed, and there were also marks of handprints on his face.

This prompted Zhang Xuezhou to glance at it before he hurriedly passed through the heavily guarded area.

"Why did they start arguing?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"My sister firmly believes that my father is unlikely to be in his twilight years," Ren Wuyang said.

"That's right," Zhang Xuezhou nodded.

"But the Changkong family didn't think so," Ren Wuyang said, "So they started arguing."

"We absolutely have to argue about it," Zhang Xuezhou said. "Who can take responsibility for this mistake?"

"That's right, if this matter is handled incorrectly, the Changkong family cannot afford the responsibility!"

Ren Wuyang touched his face, feeling that Zhang Xuezhou's words made a lot of sense.

He took a deep breath.

As the former number one Lineage of the Scarlet Alliance State, the Changkong family has many members, including many highly skilled individuals, and even two experts of the Sixth Sequence.

If the older generation passes away, and the next generation is not affected by the destruction, the Changkong Lineage will still be the strongest in the Scarlet Alliance State.

It undoubtedly takes immense courage to stand up for what is right in front of such Lineage.

Ren Wuyang and Ren Anran faced immense pressure when confronting the siblings Chang Kong Yinghao and Chang Kong Yinglian.

"I'll say it again, you have no right, nor the right to judge someone's old age based on a single accident!"

"If Ren Yisheng hadn't gone mad, how could he have attacked my father? Your father has simply fallen into a state of senile madness!"

"He used his position as the dean of the university's medical center to make a false judgment in an attempt to kill my father, but he was outmatched and was defeated by my father. Ren Yisheng must be punished!"

Upon entering the conference room on the sixth floor, the sounds of a heated argument immediately filled my ears.

On the left was Ren Anran, and on the right were two middle-aged men and women, and more than ten other men and women with different faces staring at Ren Anran with hostility.

If it weren't for the fact that these people weren't the ones speaking at this moment, Zhang Xuezhou felt that these dozen or so people would have jumped up.

"It seems there's still some rationality; things haven't escalated to the point of a fight in the market!"

Zhang Xuezhou let out a breath and followed Ren Wuyang inside, where several pairs of eyes immediately swept over him like sharp blades.

And who are you?

"Those are the heroes of the skies!"

A voice, steady yet impatient, came through, followed by a sharp, fixed gaze.

In front of Zhang Xuezhou, Ren Wuyang muttered something, explaining the identity of the speaker.

"I am a student of Professor Ren Yisheng..."

"What are you doing here, a student? Get out!"

Before Zhang Xuezhou could finish speaking, he was immediately rebuked by Chang Kongyinghao.

The two young men from the Changkong Lineage raised their eyebrows and walked over to greet Zhang Xuezhou.

"What, you want to fight the Ren Household? I can't beat Chang Kong Yinghao and Chang Kong Yinglian, but you two brats dare to touch my brother's body, I'll make you idiots for life!"

Upon seeing someone from the Changkong family approaching and about to attack, Ren Wuyang shook his neck and then glared at the two with an unfriendly expression.

"In a real war, you could kill me in three seconds, but I could instantly kill eight to ten of you sixteen in two seconds!"

On the left side of the negotiating table, Ren Anran slowly rose to her feet.

Her gaze was equally piercing, and she looked at the several young people from the Changkong family with a hostile expression.

"You've got some nerve! We haven't even had a chance to use force, and you've already gone ahead and tried!"

As Chang Kong Yinghao glared angrily, Chang Kong Yinglian, standing beside him, frowned and spoke.

There was no need for Ren Yisheng's students to participate in this negotiation, but given Ren Anran and Ren Wuyang's attitude, the other party must have a close relationship with Ren Yisheng, or even with the Ren Household siblings, which is why they started flipping the table after only a few words.

"The professor said he wanted me to shoot him when he was old and in his twilight years. Give me a gun first!"

Seeing the tense standoff between the two sides, Zhang Xuezhou looked at his empty hands.

He considered his own abilities and then began to search for a gun.

This made Ren Wuyang check his back pocket and find that he had indeed been given a stun gun.

"Did you have any prior arrangements?" Chang Kong Yinglian inquired, "Are you the one who saw Ren Yisheng off on his journey?"

"He is... he is Zhang Xuezhou, the Zhang Xuezhou who broke Committee Member Song's arms and legs!"

Just as Chang Kong Yinglian finished her questioning, perhaps reminded of something by seeing Zhang Xuezhou holding a gun, a young man at the negotiating table on the right suddenly spoke up loudly, revealing Zhang Xuezhou's identity.

This caused Chang Kong Yinghao and Chang Kong Yinglian's expressions to change instantly, their previous composure vanishing.